McEvoy - terrible

[saintspremiers]

Has no idea what he's doing tonight. Worst game for years by the big man.

Woeful.

[Verdun66]

Rusty....very rusty.

[plugger66]

Good in the second. going well in the last

[bergsone]

Should he and Fisher had a run at Sandy first ? Lack of talls doesnt help that

[SuperDuper]

Mcevoy finally gave something in 4th quarter
We certainly needed more from him earlier in the game

[perfectionist]

His problem is (in the ruck) he has no spring in his legs (think Jason Blake or Michael Gardiner) so everything has to be perfect timing.

[Hemi Baxter]

He ALWAYS goes better in the last quarter when everyone else is knackered and he can finally stagger to a contest or two. He is glacially slow.

[saintsRrising]

I hope that Sandi is playing next week so that he can get some match practice.

[BigMart]

Yeah he was great..... Maybe need to go, to getter a better look??

Remember what I have told you before when giving out unusual votes..... Consider how their opponent goes before rating there game??

[BringBackMadDog]

Yeah he was great..... Maybe need to go, to getter a better look??

Remember what I have told you before when giving out unusual votes..... Consider how their opponent goes before rating there game??

I thought Jacobs was in the best 3 or 4 on the ground. Absolutely dominated

[evertonfc]

Doesn't jump. Gets jumped on.

Why doesn't he time his run so he can jump for the ball at ruck contests?

[fugazi]

Jacobs 45 hit outs to Ben's 19....how did we ever win the clearances

[ShanghaiSaint]

Has no idea what he's doing tonight. Worst game for years by the big man.

Woeful.

agree but first game back when the talk was he was still not 100%

[battye]

He is so bad in the ruck; it's a real worry. First bounce of the game and he taps in into Jacobs hands?
I like him a lot. I think he's not bad around the ground and takes some very good pack marks, and not bad in front of goal. But his ruck work is very poor. I just don't understand why he doesn't thump it forward. I think the one or two times we did it tonight, and it may have been from a third man up, we actually attacked and broke through Adelaide's defences. Would prefer he did that in the centre ruck contest than what he's currently doing.

Admittedly, he is young and rucks take a while to develop. But the ruck side of his game is very slow to develop.

[noob]

I'd play him in the VFL next week for match practice.

[jays]

yeh very rusty

[saintbob]

Don't worry, he was up against a pretty good ruck combination in Jacobs, Tippett and Jenkins!!!
Got better the longer the game went, just like Fisher!!

[The Fireman]

ffs

[Hemi Baxter]

It's not just that he can't jump, he is not in the contest if the fall of the ball is more than two strides away from him as he is as slow off the mark as he is slow. i agree concerning his skills but it isn't enough.

[Con Gorozidis]

he needs to learn an important part of being a ruckman. if you arent getting the ball. just at least try and hurt someone. nowhere near aggressive or physical enough.

[ShanghaiSaint]

you guys do understand he's coming off injury and may still not be 100% give the guy a little time.

[battye]

you guys do understand he's coming off injury and may still not be 100% give the guy a little time.

But even before his injury he was never dominant in the hitouts. I know people will bang on about hitouts to advantage and clearances, but it is far easier to win those stats if you have a ruckman capable of winning the hitouts.

[Old Mate]

Are his boots made of cement? Ben would make a great statue out the front on the G.

[ShanghaiSaint]

you guys do understand he's coming off injury and may still not be 100% give the guy a little time.

But even before his injury he was never dominant in the hitouts. I know people will bang on about hitouts to advantage and clearances, but it is far easier to win those stats if you have a ruckman capable of winning the hitouts.

I have always put big boy McEvoy below gardner and king but he's all we got now so I want to give the man some credit. he has come though in the past with great marks defence and forward. I remember he had a decent season last year. see how he goes after the bye

[savatage]

He was definitely rusty, his normally sticky fingers deserted him tonight also.